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The legend: Robert Kemmer

By John Geiger
Special to ESPNOutdoors.com

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Curs and 'coons | Photo gallery Robert Kemmer, or simply "Kemmer," is an elderly man from the Grassy Cove section of Crossville, Tenn., who started breeding dogs in the 1970s to produce the perfect wild hog hunter. At this annual Kemmer Stock Breeders Association event in Pikeville, Tenn., he's treated like a cross between the Dali Lama and Albert Einstein. "With many breeds, the developer isn't alive. You only read about him in books," said Calvin "The Cajun" Boutte, who drove from Lafayet ...

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